The Homecoming
The Inspiration for the TV series The Waltons
1st Edition
Published on 5. September 2019
102 pages
978-0-7953-3949-3 (ISBN)
Description
Years after the events of Spencer's Mountain, Clay Spencer-Clay-Boy's father-fails to return home on Christmas Eve. Leaving his worried family to keep watch at the homestead, Clay-Boy takes to the snowy Virginia hills in search of his father. Along the way, he meets an irate deer, a threatening county sheriff, a congregation of African-American churchgoers, and two elderly women who happen to be bootleggers. The story of Clay-Boy's search for his father is told with warmth and intensity.
Along with its prequel, Spencer's Mountain, The Homecoming was the inspiration for the popular television show The Waltons, which starred Richard Thomas, Andrew Duggan, and Patricia Neal, and ran for nine years between 1972 and 1981. Over fifty years after its publication, this novel still has the power to move and inspire.
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Earl Hamner Jr
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Born in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge mountains, Earl Hamner, Jr., is an award-winning author, screenplay writer, and producer of several well-known teleplays and television series. He got his big break writing episodes for
The Twilight Zone, including the popular "You Drive." His most well-known television series is
The Waltons, which is based on his bestselling stories
Spencer's Mountain and
The Homecoming. Both novels were inspired by his own childhood.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- A NOTE TO THE READER
- Contents
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
